EMC Corporation of Hopkington Massachusetts has agreed to pay the government $87.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed under the whistleblower provisions of The False Claims Act. The government alleged that the company had said it would conduct price comparisons to assure that the government got the lowest price of any commercial customer....

KBR Inc. was selected for a no-bid contract worth as much as $568 million through 2011 for military support services in Iraq, despite the fact that The Dept. of Justice is pursuing a lawsuit against the company for fraud. The Army also awarded the work to KBR over objections from members of Congress, who...

The Justice Department has joined a False Claims Act Case against KBR, which has major contracts for logistical support of U.S. military operations in Iraq. It is alleged that two freight forwarders provided unlawful kickbacks to KBR employees. Such kickbacks are considered unlawful.

Since 1986, False Claims Act settlements have resulted in over $25 billion in recoveries. The top settlements in the past ten years are; 1) Pfizer paid a total of 2.3 billion for kickbacks and off-label marketing involving the drugs Bextra, Geodon, Lipitor and others; 2) Tenet Healthcare paid $900 million for billing violations...

Astra Zeneca agreed to pay $520 million to settle charges it illegally marketed the anti-psychotic drug Seroquel. The wrongdoing was originally revealed by a whistleblower under The False Claims Act. The company was accused of promoting the drug's use for multiple illnesses never approved by the Food and Drug Administration. By promoting Seroquel for...